Robert Wharton (Philadelphia)

Robert Wharton (12 January 1757-7 March 1834) was Mayor of Philadelphia (F) from 1798 to 1800 (succeeding Hilary Baker and preceding John Inskeep), from 1806 to 1808 (succeeding Inskeep and preceding John Barker), from 1810 to 1811 (succeeding Barker and preceding Michael Keppele), from 1814 to 1819 (succeeding John Geyer and preceding James Nelson Barker), and from 1820 to 1824 (succeeding Barker and preceding Joseph Watson).

Biography
Robert Wharton was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1757, and he came from a prominent mercantile family. He became a member of the Schuylkill Fishing Company in 1790, served on the Philadelphia city council from 1792 to 1795, served as an alderman in 1796, and served as Mayor intermittently between 1798 and 1824. His 14 years of service make him Philadelphia's longest-serving mayor, and he also served as a Brigadier-General in the state militia. He died in 1834.